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Kelso Community Larder

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC052349
Status
Active
Registered
Feb. 24, 2023
Legal form
SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

Address

Address
42 Bowmont Street
Kelso
TD5 7JH

Activities

'It carries out activities or services itself'

'the advancement of citizenship or community development','the advancement of environmental protection or improvement'

Collect food through supermarkets, just on their best before or use by date and give away through our rented premises to members of the public. The aim of this is to redistribute food still very edible, instead of being binned and going to landfill. With the contribution of volunteers time to collect the food and also to serve in the larder.

Beneficiaries: 'Other defined groups'

Objectives: 1 The organisation?s purposes are: (a) the advancement of environmental protection or improvement, (b) the advancement of citizenship or community development through the establishment and operation of one or more community food larders in Kelso and surrounding district. The community larder(s) will distribute to members of the public, food which would otherwise be discarded by food retailers, with the aim or reducing food waste.

Geography

Main operating location
Scottish Borders
Geographical spread
A specific local point, community or neighbourhood

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Feb. 28, 2026 £0 £0
Feb. 28, 2025 £2,036 £2,268
Feb. 28, 2024 £35,527 £887